US considers buying Chagos Islands, Telegraph reports

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Source: Reuters

US considers buying Chagos Islands, Telegraph reports

Reuters
Sun, June 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM EDT
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June 7 (Reuters) - The White House is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.

U.S. officials have ‌drawn up a proposal to bypass the U.K. and make their own deal ‌to take control of Diego Garcia, the report said.

The plan is among several options being drafted by ​the White House, in a paper aimed at providing alternatives to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ceding sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius, the report said.

"President Trump has been consistent in his position that the United Kingdom should not give away the British Indian ‌Ocean Territory, which includes our ⁠joint U.S.-UK military facility on the Diego Garcia atoll," a U.S. official told Reuters.

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